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The Wild Fish Conservancy filed notice on Jan. 9 it intends to sue the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service for authorizing what it calls an overharvest of Chinook salmon in the southeast Alaska troll fishery. The group claims the NMFS-approved harvest threat… Read More

Idaho Power is asking an Oregon judge to dismiss a lawsuit in Multnomah County brought by two conservation groups challenging the issuance of a water quality certification for the utility's Hells Canyon Complex. Read More

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council on Jan. 14 elected Richard Devlin, of Oregon, to be the Council's new chair in 2020, replacing Jennifer Anders, who chaired the Council through 2019. Devlin has served as vice chair for the past year, a post that will now be filled by Montana's Bo… Read More

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Outages are signals of weaknesses in the electrical grid, whether they occur because of natural calamity or deliberate attack. The threat of massive and prolonged outages is growing. The consequences could be devastating. Read More

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The proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and its accompanying 229-mile pipeline have recently cleared a pair of key regulatory hurdles, and are heading for a full vote at FERC on Feb. 13, despite objections by environmental groups and the state. Read More

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The Washington State Supreme Court invalidated the majority of Gov. Jay Inslee's Clean Air Rule, which aimed to cap greenhouse gas emissions by major emitters, as well as from indirect emitters such as fuel distributors and natural gas companies whose fuels would be burned by consumers. Read More

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After 18 months of accepting recommendations, drafting new language, and receiving and reviewing public comments, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council adopted Part II of its 2020 Fish and Wildlife Program Addendum on Jan. 14. Read More

Over the past 30 years, salmon production at hatcheries operated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has been cut nearly in half—from about 275 million releases in 1989 to a low of 145 million in 2017. Read More

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PacifiCorp filed a general rate case in Washington last month that would lower rates for its 137,000 customers in the state, and facilitate compliance with Washington's Clean Energy Transformation Act. Read More

Democrats in Washington's Legislature got off to a running start with passage of a "zero-emissions" vehicle standard in the Senate nearly along party lines, just two days after the 60-day "short" legislative session started Jan. 15. Read More

The Department of Energy finalized a "process" regulation on Jan. 15 it said would streamline rulemakings for energy-efficiency standards, but the rule is likely to face litigation from opponents. Meanwhile, the Trump administration's proposed rule revising tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions … Read More